The foundation of a child’s sense of self worth is built during the early years of life. As parents and caretakers, our investments in this early developing sense of worth will be potentially the most enduring gift we may give to a child – or, sadly, the greatest setback. The Huckabirds Learn About Self-Worth is a collection of stories in which the first children’s story centers around twin sisters – Clara and Chloe Huckabird – who learn to set jealousy aside and celebrate the unique abilities they each have. The second story is about Henry Huckabird. When he compares himself to other birds, it doesn’t make him happy. But when he learns to celebrate the success of others, he finds it helps his own feelings of self-worth. Collectively, the young Huckabirds all learn that giving encouragement and praise grows more encouragement and praise. There is always more than enough when shared and everyone is built up. Told from a Christian perspective, the book includes a section of practical instructions for family and caregivers to help young children talk about and build a strong and powerful foundation of core Christian principles for their sense of self-worth that will last a lifetime.

The foundation of a child’s sense of self worth is built during the early years of life. As parents and caretakers, our investments in this early developing sense of worth will be potentially the most enduring gift we may give to a child – or, sadly, the greatest setback. The Huckabirds Learn About Self-Worth is a collection of stories in which the first children’s story centers around twin sisters – Clara and Chloe Huckabird – who learn to set jealousy aside and celebrate the unique abilities they each have. The second story is about Henry Huckabird. When he compares himself to other birds, it doesn’t make him happy. But when he learns to celebrate the success of others, he finds it helps his own feelings of self-worth. Collectively, the young Huckabirds all learn that giving encouragement and praise grows more encouragement and praise. There is always more than enough when shared and everyone is built up. Told from a Christian perspective, the book includes a section of practical instructions for family and caregivers to help young children talk about and build a strong and powerful foundation of core Christian principles for their sense of self-worth that will last a lifetime.

The Huckabirds Learn to Face Their Fears is a 3-in-1 book. It starts with two illustrated children’s stories paired with a back section for parents and caregivers. The back section offers an abundance of practical wisdom, skills and help in growing children who choose courage over fear. It all begins on a hot summer day, with an outing to the bird bath. Liam, the youngest Huckabird, has never been to a bird bath before! Fear causes him to miss out on the family fun. How will he ever learn to overcome his fear? Children will get to learn along with Liam! In the second story, the birds Lucy, Ryan, and Claire learn they each have a personal fear that they want to overcome. As these three Huckabird friends help each other face their fears, young readers gain understanding and learn the skills they need to challenge their own fears. Learning how to deal with fear is life changing. The combination of these two whimsical stories with a section full of practical help, trusted skills, model conversations, and encouragement will go a long way to help grow healthy children and eliminate crippling fear.

A funny, finger-wagging rhyme with some very good advice: never tease a weasel, because teasing isn't nice! Rather, kids should do nice things for animals, such as bake a drake a cake, or give a mule a pool, and much more. Long out of print, this new edition of Never Tease a Weasel with art by the great New Yorker cartoonist George Booth will surely please a weasel, and everyone else who reads it!

Stefano Caruso always does things the right way. With a grandfather who was forced to flee the venal Sicilian mafia and start life anew in America, Stefano now heads the corporation his father and grandfather built. Handsome and successful, he’s on top of the world...until one day he has an unexpected visitor and gets shocking news. Stefano is being cheated and lied to, and the company his family built from the ground up is in mortal jeopardy. That’s when Benito Cuggi, the face of the modern-day mafia, comes into his life. Cuggi appears to live by a strict code of morals that the laws of Western society cannot enforce. Loyalty and trust are rewarded, while betrayal is punished. Now Stefano faces a difficult choice. Can he ally himself with what he’s been taught to hate and fear? Or should he let what generations of his family built be stolen out from under him? Fraught with moral complexity, Siracusa is a fast-paced, exciting crime thriller that pits good against evil and righteousness versus deception, while asking whether good men should sometimes do bad things to punish evil.

Stella, adopted at birth, moves from England to Canada following the death of her adoptive parents and the discovery that her live-in boyfriend is gay. On the plane to Toronto she meets Madeleine, whose offer of help to this young and naïve stranger ushers in a remarkable series of events for both women—almost all of which, it transpires, revolve around a woman they do not know they share a deep connection to: Iris Parker. Intertwining the family sagas of each of its main characters, Uncovering Iris lifts the lid on each of their lives and the circumstances that have shaped them. Spanning many generations of families in twentieth-century Canada, the novel pays particular attention to the fates of women in a dangerously patriarchal world. With deep insight and compassion, author Karen Hyatt tells the stories of the hardened protagonist, Iris, and those of the many people she has hurt, hindered, and harried in her life as a strong-willed and defiant single woman. What causes a person to become who they are? How do life events change a personality? How can we come to terms with the way we are treated by others, including those whom we love? These are just some of the questions asked and explored in this engaging first novel.

As a child, Heidi Kline endured unfathomable physical and sexual abuse at the hands of almost everyone she ever trusted. She and her twin sister, Holly, were labelled "The Unwanted Twins" by their entire family and spent their early years feeling unloved and unprotected. Now, in this gripping, powerful autobiography, she tells her courageous story of triumph over an upbringing she would not let define her. With the help of her twin sister’s love, as well being a spiritual medium, she was able to survive her childhood and put her shattered life back together. The Unwanted Twins is one woman’s unflinching look at a childhood no child should have to endure, with a message of hope, resilience, love, and forgiveness.